As in 1958's "Gigi," an innocent young girl is thrown into the arms of a suave older man, to different ends certainly, but one can almost hear Peter Sarsgaard's character singing "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" every time he looks at Carey Mulligan's Jenny in "An Education." Photo: "An Education" (above) and "Gigi."

As in 1958's "Gigi," an innocent young girl is thrown into the arms of a suave older man, to different ends certainly, but one can almost hear Peter Sarsgaard's character singing "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" every time he looks at Carey Mulligan's Jenny in "An Education." Photo: "An Education" (above) and "Gigi." (Sony Pictures Classics / Handout)

As in 1958's "Gigi," an innocent young girl is thrown into the arms of a suave older man, to different ends certainly, but one can almost hear Peter Sarsgaard's character singing "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" every time he looks at Carey Mulligan's Jenny in "An Education." Photo: "An Education" (above) and "Gigi."